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anton2492@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Hey friend, cheers for the thread. I’m strangely happy and relieved to have found something chill enough to engage with in the midst of all the crazy political drama around the place.
I’m glad you’re enjoying Max Payne 3. I liked it too, though It had to grow on me, especially after having played MP1 and MP2. The first one especially blew me away even when I played it for the first time back in 2008 - its combination of beautiful, prosaic noir writing, the modern incorporation of Norse mythology, and innovative (for the time) gameplay, among other traits, continues to make it stand out amongst the rest.
- If you get to play it, I’d highly recommend checking out the PCGamingWiki page for the fixes to help it work better in general and on modern systems.
Currently, I’m playing RoboCop: Rogue City and store.steampowered.com/app/3164500/Schedule_I/. Playing on both sides of the law by the looks of it, haha.
- Rogue City is a great experience as far as faithfully the dystopian, mega-corporatised, hyper-violent world of RoboCop to the gaming screen;
- Schedule I has you build a drug empire through a surprisingly addictive (heh) gameplay loop of producing and distributing different types of drugs (I found myself staying up til 4AM while crafting all-new marijuana strains with kickass names like the Ninja Witch).
I’ve also been revisiting old PS2 games on PCSX2 emulator. Currently replaying WWE games - Here Comes the Pain, and SvR’07.
PKscope@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Glad to have you here to chat with us! I tried to play RoboCop twice now, but couldn’t get into it the way I had hoped. It seemed like a really well-made game, but I think that either I wasn’t in the right headspace for it at the time or maybe it’s just not quite what I’m looking for. It’s one of those games I feel like I should like, but just don’t yet.
I’m getting so many recommendations to go back and play Max Payne 1 & 2 that I’m going to prioritize them in my next round of games.
As for wrestling games, the two I owned were WCW-NWO Revenge (N64) and WWF Warzone. Both were interesting and I still go back and play them every once in a while through emulation. I really like the mechanics for WCW-NWO Revenge. It’s the best implementation of grapple controls I’ve played in a wrestling game. The rest is a bit rough around the edges, though.
anton2492@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Thanks! Yeah, totally understandable about RoboCop RC - it isn’t without its flaws and is certainly rough around the edges, one would have to be a big fan of the franchise to forgive all the bugs. Thanks to the mods that bring back the original movie SFX, the game feels much more immersive. A major hook to play it for me is Peter Weller returning to voice Robo, if anything I’ll try to finish it for that reason alone.
I hope to try out that WCW-nWo Revenge game, sounds interesting. My other one I’d like to try would be WWF No Mercy, it’s still touted as the crème de la crème of wrestling games and there’s a loyal and active modding community for it to this day, amazingly.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
I’ll have to look into the mods, I bought RoboCop RC on deep sale this summer but haven’t gotten around to it yet. Despite being a somewhat kinky AA game it looked cool and seem to have gotten quite good reviews so I’m looking forward to it.
anton2492@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
It is quite decent indeed, what I love is the solid, passionate attempt at faithfully adhering to the source material, paired with the courage to expand it authentically.
Where Rogue City needed more immersion is the sound effects. The sound carries the first film as almost its own character, and it’s no wonder it won the Special Achievement Oscar. Most of the mods I have installed for the SFX are from Nexus, and replace the sounds of Robo’s steps, Auto-9 gun, HUD, targeting, punching, breaching, etc., with their original movie versions. There are other mods out there for RC, but imo those classic sounds are absolutely essential for the RoboCop experience.
PKscope@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Wow, I didn’t know about all that for RoboCop. If I’m honest, I’ve never actually watched the movies. I know… I know. I should have by now. Especially considering I’m a big fan of dystopian cyberpunk type stuff. Maybe after I give it a watch I’ll be more interested in the game.
I’ve heard about No Mercy being the king of the hill, but I haven’t tried it either. Warzone was… not great. lol. I much preferred WCW-NWO Revenge of the two. Those are the only two I owned back in the day, so I mainly boot them up for nostalgia purposes.
When you say No Mercy has a modding community, are you talking about a PC release of some sort or romhacks?
anton2492@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
(better late than never 😁)
I’m not sure on the details (am yet to delve into it proper), but from what I can spot it is 64-based so looks like it’s through an emulator and with asset/texture packs. Likely similar to PCSX2’s texture mods